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Maletes Perdudes (2010)

by Jordi Puntí(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8497876164 (ISBN13: 9788497876162)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Empuries

review 1: I didn't finish this one, I had to quit it. If you want a novel narrated my the point of view of a variety of supporting characters who couldn't possibly know the details of the main character, or a novel that has volumous sub-characters written in heavy detail but these sub-characters are seemingly irrelevant to the novel's plot, this one is for you. However, if you are looking for a good read, save your time and skip this one.
review 2: The premise of "Lost Luggage" was fascinating to me. You have four brothers, rather half-brothers as it were, spread all over Europe who all have the same father who abandoned them. None of them know about each other until their father is reported missing. They come together to try to put together the pieces of who their fa... morether was and where he might have disappeared to now. They all have memories of him disappearing from their life once and want to find out what happened to him this time around. It's a very original storyline that kept me reading.Each section is told from the perspective of a different brother. This was sort of a double-edged sword for me. On one hand, it allowed me to get a sense of what each brother was like and what he remembered. I had to read very carefully because each brother's voice didn't really stand out from one another, which left me confused and having to re-read a good bit. I really liked how each brother thought that he knew what could have happened to their father. In the end, they're all a little surprised but they get good closure. I don't want to talk too much about the ending because I don't want to ruin anything but I really, really liked the ending. There was a beautiful bit of metaphor at the very end that brought the story together really nicely.This book is interesting because we don't get to see much of Gabriel, the father in the book. We see him through the brother's memories mostly. I did want to know a little bit more about him. Eventually we get a pretty good explanation about who he is and why he does the things he does but it takes a long time for that to come out.One thing to point out: this book is already an award winner in Spain where it was originally written in Catalan. I thought that the English translation of this book was really fantastic. It can be really hard to translate idioms and colloquialisms but I thought this book was fantastic in that respect! less

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